Daily Dothttp://www.dailydot.com/Daily Dot Articleen-usMon, 21 Jan 2013 23:24:03 +0000Tumblr’s "Internet police" tries to stop blogger from posting photo of baby with a dick drawn on its face, but can’thttp://www.dailydot.com/news/tumblr-ned-hepburn-baby-dick-photo/<p><img src='//cdn0.dailydot.com/cache/22/fd/22fdd4c7731304269dbdc4b4bef7efd3.jpg'></p><p>
Tumblr, a microblogging platform where minors come together to post inappropriate content, has apparently drawn a line when it comes to inappropriate content involving minors.</p>
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And that line, it seems,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.uproxx.com/webculture/2013/01/tumblr-baby-with-dick-drawn-on-face/">is a penis on a baby&#39;s face</a>.</p>
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<em>Death &amp; Taxes</em>&nbsp;magazine editor and&nbsp;<em>Vice</em>&nbsp;contributor Ned Hepburn didn&#39;t expect to rattle any cages when he posted an innocent photo of a baby with a dick drawn on his face, but Tumblr&#39;s Minitrue soon let him know they were not amused.</p>
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They promptly removed Hepburn&#39;s photo and sent him a notice saying the site&#39;s terms of service had been violated, and warning him that repeated violations will not be tolerated.</p>
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&quot;Wow, good job Internet Police,&quot;&nbsp;<a href="http://nedhepburn.tumblr.com/post/41038037821/wow-good-job-internet-police-way-to-get-that">Hepburn retorted in a Tumblr post</a>&nbsp;that included a screenshot of the digital memory hole.</p>
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He continued: &quot;Way to get that picture of a baby with a dick drawn on its face deleted, Tumblr. Maybe next you&#39;ll start policing the SEA OF PORNOGRAPHY also hosted on your servers? Fuck you.&quot;</p>
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Hepburn wasn&#39;t quite done challenging Tumblr&#39;s Thought Police: Soon after he&nbsp;<a href="http://nedhepburn.tumblr.com/post/41039014139">re-uploaded the offending photo</a>&nbsp;to his Tumblblog.</p>
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So far, Tumblr has left the photo in place, suggesting that even when it comes to enforcing previously enforced terms of service, Tumblr has a double standard.</p>
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<em>By</em><em>&nbsp;<a>Neetzan Zimmerman</a></em><em>&nbsp;</em></p>
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[H/T:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.uproxx.com/webculture/2013/01/tumblr-baby-with-dick-drawn-on-face/">Uproxx</a>,&nbsp;<em>photo via&nbsp;<a href="http://nedhepburn.tumblr.com/">Ned Hepburn</a></em>]</p>
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